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NEW YOIUC, August 8.- A special io the
???raid, per i fir cable, dated London, Au?
gust 5, says: Before ibo armistice bad
been Sitcudpd to Bavaria, tlx; Rrussian
armv bad moved rapidly and secured a
good footing. They are forcing a paper
?irronev upon the people. By agreeineut,
the Prussians are to occupy Wurseburg,
but the Bavarians arc to retain" tho For~
Irt'usof MMIH?. The Baden troops left it
yesterday, and the Wnrtemburg troops
will leave on the 8th. The river Rhine has
been re-opened during the last three days.
The Austrians have been pouring into
Tvrol, tia Bavaria, to?the number ot about
40,000. The Italian navy is to be re?or
?anized. The court-martial of Admiral
erciacho, who reccutly commanded'the
^ ^JtaUan fleet, ie progressing. A new Italian
?^""""^/oan has been ordered si?ce thu-beginning
of tho truce. A part of Ibo Swiss Arsons,
. Which were to guard the Itahan border,
have been disbanded.
The cholera is increasing in England.
Dates to tho evening of tho Cch have
been received.
LOXDON, August 0.-Consols Uli. 5-20's
68}- - . M .
.LIVERPOOL, Aug?-it 6.-Sales <?f cotton,
t?-day, "8,000bales; market fiat, ata decline
of id. _
Later from Europe. ' -
^NBW YORK, August a-The -steamet
Java, from Liverpool the 28trt-nnd"Qucena
town tho 20th ult., has arrived.
Tfaete has been no further disturbance
. .of the peace in Louden.
The reform league baa called a meeting
at Hyde Park, on tho 30th", witb-ihriJiJJtegetl
consent of the Go vc rn men t. Th? Miniate rs
declared that no such consent had been
Ktven, and warned tins league against
holding the meoting. Tlioy admitted .thc
misunderstanding, and resolved to aban
don tho meeting, and hold it. instead al
Agricultural Hall, at Islington, Tho Go?
vernment gives its assent to tho mooting
at Princess Hill, or any other appropriate
spot, but will not aUow the royal parte tc
"be used, until tho question .of rigid hat
1 been dfitermincd.
- Tho Government, gave pot ice in tat
House of Commons of the necessity for th*
"renewal of "the .suspension of the writ o:
/tabeas corpus in Ireland. . . .
The truce expired on- tho 27th, and wa?
prolonged to August 2. A four weeks' ar
in is ti cc, com m en oin fi from the latter date
was concluded. It is also-announced tba
' peace preliminaries have been-signed a.u
?ad reached Vienna, fer ratification bv thi
Emperor of Austria. Thc union of th?
Gcrma? ?States was not incbaded in the ar
miatioe, and hostilities between them am
Prussia continue. The suspension of hos
tili ties between Austria and Italy cona
?minced on the 25th.
LONDON, July 29.-The French gun-boa
Dalton has been ordered to get ready fo;
sea immediately-destination unknown.
' Rumors.are curreut that if Frankfor
don't p'ay the forced contribution imniedi
ately, tho tow u wUl be closecTand no oai
- allowed to enter or depart. Tho Itftliai
Government has determined upon fnl
inquiry into the causes of the late nava
defeat. * .
Kn? Items.
BALTIMORE, August 8.-The rsgistratioi
of voters has commenced. It attracts con
aiderable iutorest, from tho efforts bein)
made by many heretofore excluded, on th
ground of disloyalty, to obtain registra
. tipn. The status of political parties in th
city and State will depend very much o;
the result of the registration.
Thomas Swan, jr., only son of Gov ?mo
Swan, died yesterday..
POIITL.VSII, MAINE, August 7.-The Demr
eratic Convention met to-day. E. F. Pill*
bury was unanimously nominated for Gc
vernor.
Nsw YOBS, August 8.--Thc Tribune
Ottawa special says Mr. Gaill, Minister c
Finance, has resigned, owing to difference
from his colleagues on tho Lower Canad
school question.
The Superintendent 'of the Metropolita
Police received information leading him t
beUeve there is complicity between the dc
tectives and counterfeiters. John YOUD
Long, chief of tba detectives, has bee
relieved, and Inspector Carpenter put i
his place. Full developments nbtyet mac
public.
The purser of the steamship Baltic pul
lisiiey a card, announcing that a sailor c
the steamer was seized by thc Prussia
authorities, in tho port of Bromcrhave
and pressed into service. The s?ilor w?
shipped in New York, but it was not knov
whether he was a naturalized citizen. >1
-Funk, late Mayor of Muscatine, Iowa, w
also seized lately, by the Austrian anthoi
ties, while on a ple?suro tour, and forct
into the ranks.
The Tribune's Leavenworth special sa
. the Indians are committing raids on ti
. Kansas border, murdering and ontragin
Troops have been sent to tho rescue of t!
settlers.
- CoLuautus, OHIO, August 8.-The Joh
son State Convention, to-day, appoint
Thoa. Ewing, Lewis D. Campbell, Jas.
Stedman, Wm. J. Groosbeck, Jas. A. Gr
ger, M. R. Waite, O. C. Scoville and Th<
Shorlick delegates to the Philadelphia Co
vention.
WASHINGTON, August 8.-Tho Preside
has appointed C. E. Rech Minister reside
and C?nsul-General at Hay ti.
NEW ORLEANS, August 8.-Govern
Welles issued an address to the loyal Lc
isianlans, speaking in scathing terms
tho ex-Confederates, approving the Ct
vention of 18G4, and placmg the wholo i
Bponsibility of tho late riot upon thc Ma;,
and police; endorsing negro sufffago a
embracing the radical cause.
SABATOOA, August 8.-Tho Columbi
Hotel was burnt last night-loss $30,0
insured for $30,000.
BOSTON, August 8.-The Johnson Gi
vention, at Fanenil Hall to-day, was
tended by over 1,700 delegates. Hon. S
tonsal wa? elected President. Among t
Vioe-Presidonts are Judge Custis, Jut
Abbott, Gen. Conch, Levi J. Woodbu
- George S. Hilliard and others.
.11 ar lt rt Report*.
NEW YOBK, August 8.-Gold 4S|. 1
^ change nominal. Texas wool scarce, a
* quickly sold at 18?20c.
7 P. M.-Gold 481. Cotton dull t
easier; sales 600 bales; Orleans 3G(i?37;
lands 35 and nominal. Flour linehans
Sugar very quiet. Coffee dull.
NEW Om.HANS, August 8.-Cotton eas
salen l.SsO bales, at S2(<$34. Gold -10.
MOBILE, August 8.--Sales of colton,
day, 100 bales; middling 31, with a do'
ward tendency. Factors disposed to sc
CHOLERA IN LOUISVILLE.
Tuesday, says the Nashville Pi
and Times, of the 2d instant, (rene
Thomas was* officially informed t
cholera had broken ont among
troops at Louisville, and that the <
ease was on the increase.
It is stated that Cornelius .Went
has been appointed Superintend
of Public Printing.
AUdrc?* by Ck?. Hots?.fau. **
HIS ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK UPON
ai?rN-NEij,.
- ?ttajor-Generai Lovell H. Ros?ABO,
lately a Representative in Gongrees
from tlio Fifth District of Kentucky,
has issued an address to his constitu?
ents iu relation to his recent afluir in
Congress. It'is a somewhat singular
production, written in a lively style:
I rataucd Grin nel I. He unresist?
ingly received the castigation, and re?
peatedly said it was "fall right," and
promptly assured inc,he did not wish
ta hurt me. " "
Geuoral Garfield appears to have
wounded his inabilities still further.
"The speech," bc says, "was vocifer?
ous and fierce; and Tike an actor
hired to pump up passion, he suorted
himself 1 into a .rage, and raved
through the ease.**
"And thus we see a late soldier, a
general of the army, standing on the
floor of tho House of Representatives
of the United States,-andattempting
to iufluonce its judgment in the trial
of a brothel- member, by creating a
sensation, and arousing the passions
of his hearers by an exaggerated de?
ntad of a contemptible matter that
should never have been heard in that
body-?n affair which would'hardly
have disturbed a tea party of old
maids. :
"Rut all .this, as wella? his gratu?
itous .denunciation of a- former bro?
ther-soldier, was of coarse prompted
by his ?friendship' foi me. Bave me
from all such friends and friendship!
On the instant of his announcement
of the .fist-fight as a 'bloody and
brmtal outrage,v Air. Alley, ot Massa?
chusetts, with shivering limbs and
tremulous voice, a?d finely acted ar?
tistic emotion, introduced a resolu?
tion that the young mau, victor in
tho fisticuff below, should be. arrest?
ed, and "held for puuishmentby the
House. The effect of this was dra?
matic iu the extreme; men's faces
paled, aad many seemed to think that
the world demanded an instant vic?
tim. Tho resolution was adopted,
and the arrest of the pugilist ordered.
This terrible interlude over, -the par?
tisan friends of Gvinnell grimly but
triumphantly proceeded to the im?
mense work before-them.'"
Tim General, after exonerating
Gen. Garfield, next takes ofT Oen.
Banks. It is?to say the least, very
dramafic :
* "Gen. Banks satin solemn silence
and looked on, with a countenance of
gravity and wisdom,- during the
harangu,e.of Wilson, and even daring
the magnificently dramatic effort of
Garfield to achieve a flurry caused by
the announcement of a fist-fight, but
finally, after the pr?viona question
which cuts off all reply-was called
and seconded, arose to take his part
in the mighty affair. His voice?, cal*
tivated and attuned to that of an am?
bitions baritone, lacking only the
Italian melody and finish, rang'out
in full brit unvarying and monoto?
nous notes, and penetrated every
nook and corner of the amphithea
tred hall, resounding back from the
furthest galleries, and heard by every?
body in and about the building
except, perhaps, by the two chaps
engaged in the sanguinary fist-fight
in the basement of tho capitol.
"The General was eloquent, and,
like G in field and "Wilson, ever strong
on the stronger side. In true trage?
dian style, he informed the House
that this was a momentous period iii
our history. The House did not
know, but ? happened to be informed
as to what he alluded. I had been
told that before the committee, he
contended that as-the Southern rep?
resentatives would soon be again in
Congress, it behooved tho House tc
set an example and make a precedent
ia my c .iso,' that would deter them in
all time to come from resenting any
offences, or supposed offences, that
might be offered them."
The next scene in tho play was the
reprimand itself. He depicts a scene
of confusion on the occasion of ?
general rush for law-breaks and pre
ceden ts, and adds:
"The great and energetic Chair
mau, iu hi's inaudible efforts to keej
order-hammering away with hit
mallet-was quite as impotent ovei
the disturbed crowd as an automata
figure would have been, or a toj
speaker poundiug ou a toy desk.
"Perhaps the victim might escape
Bossean, although censured in fac<
by the action of the House, might
after all tho trouble and fuss, get rh
of the hanging and quartering tha
were set down for him in the bill, am
which tho "zealous prosecutors cann
there to witness, and which some o
them predicted he would run nw
from and avoid. Tho delight migh
not be.experienced of seeing the vic
tim march np with the Scrgeant-at
Arms, and be reprimanded, like ?
culprit, at the bar of the House
Radical piety could no more brook t
bc thus baffled than could Shylock ii
the play, or the good people of th
old days, when intent on drowning
witch or buming a heretic. In fae!
the scene was not unlike Pope's dc
scription of an excited spinster:
'Then flashed tho vivid lightnings froi
ber eyes,
Ami stream* of horror rend theaffrighto
?kies; "
Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven ai
cast,
When husbands or when lap-dogs bread
th<-ir laut.'
"I have no regret for my eonduc
in the matter. I would have chai
tiscd Grinnell at every hazard, and
would do it again, to-morrow, und<
similar circumstances. No man sha
ever insult, with impunity, my pe<
pie or myself, and on this issue
submit the caso to your hands."
. . : From WMhington.
The correspondent of the Balti?
more Sim writes :
The radical press lay mach stress
upon Gen. Sheridan's Last despatches
to Gen. Grant, as settling the propo?
sition thai all the blame for the inau?
guration of the late riots at New Or?
leans rests upon Mayor Monroe and
certain ex-rebels. I have been per?
mitted to read the last despatches
from Gen. Sheridan, and I am en?
abled to say' that- they do, not estab?
lish any such -proposition. Gen.
Sheridan gives a more extended ac?
count of what he believes to be the
facts than he gave in his despatch of
the 1st instant, of "which I sent you a
copy. He does not, ia the late de?
spatches, review nor scarcely refer to
the conventioners and their conduct,
hut ho gives _a more detailed' state?
ment of the reported behavior of the
police and Mayor Monroe, whom he
styles "that bad man," and whose
removal he recommends. But Gen.
Sheridan does, not take back nor
modify in the least his estimate of the
character of the usurpers who pro?
voked the disturbances, and who are
responsible, for the' murders and
bloodshed thal took placo on the
30th of July. One thing comes out
clearly in the despatches received
here by the Presideat and Gen.
Grant, and that is, that whatever-may
be said of the conduct of those en?
gaged in this deplorable occurrence,
the "ex-rebels" were fighting to main?
tain the-authority recognized by the
Government and Congress. It should
be borne in mind, however,- that thus
far we hare received nothing but opi?
nions from Gen. Sheridan, formed
upon hearsay testimony, not given
under the solemnity of an oath. Au
official, and, it is hoped, an impartial
investigation, is now going on, and
in a few days we shall have a history
of the Whole affair in an authentic
form
I have authority for saying, that as
soon as theT? resident is officially in?
formed of the. organization of thc
Throckmorfcon administration in
Texas, he will direct tho same steps
to bo taken as were taken in thc
transfer of the provisional Govern
taento of the other States. A pro
alamatio'n declaring that Texas ha?
resumed her "practical relations", tc
the Union may be looked for or
Tuesday or "Wednesday next.
The sum realized by the ladies al
the Anaiostan Island entertainmen'
on the 1st instant, for the benefit o
Southern orphans, was 9130, *auc
with this success to begia with, ?
committee has been appointed tc
repeat the festival^or the same lauda
ble end.
The number of beneficiaries of tin
so-called equalizatiou bounty Ac
will, it is found, be so inconsiderable
in proportion to the number of claim
in ts and expectants, that the measur
will, instead of popularizing Cow
gress, bring down upon it fierce dt
nunciation. For every ono who rc
ceives the bounty twenty others wi]
be disappointed. The radicals ma
lose twenty votes by the measur
where they will gain one. To b
sure, they may promiso to rob th
treasury to a greater extent no>
session, but the equivalent for add
tional gay for members, withoi
tvhich a majority could not be cd
tained, will be wanting.
The new army bill contains a prc
vision excluding from any appoin
meat under it all persons who wei
engaged in the rebel service, civi
military or naval. Thus the Pres
dent can select no officer for tho arix
from the States lately iu rebellion.
Tho President is expected now, <
immediately after the adjournment
tho Philadelphia Convention, to mal
some vacancies in various offices
the Northern States, and fill them I
the appointment of national Unie
men. Thereforo, there is much prc
sure upou the President for office
from the highest to the lowest grad
Some of the more lucrative Fedei
officers in this District will probal
undergo a reform.
The Legislature of Tennessee li
granted a charter for a college f
colored people, to be known as t
"Central Tennessee Methodist Ep
copal College." A sito has be
secured on thc summit of Colic
Hill, at Nashville, adjoining t
grounds of the Military Academy,
very handsome college building
soon to be erected.
A Detroit Republican paper nd^
cates tho establishment of a frc*
man's bureau ia the island of i
maica. The Chicago Times says tl
it is somewhat strango that t
radicals in Congress havo not p:
posed an amendment to the Con.'
tntion establishing? one there bef<
this.
The joint resolution of Congre
exempting army officers' salaries ?n
the special internal revenue tax
five per cent., which was passed
tho last day of the session, does i
provide or refundment of mom
heretofore paid, as is understood
many army officers.
A forger, who some ten days sii
forged a check for $150,000 on
First National Bank, of Philadelpl
which was cashed, was arrested
that city yesterday, with all
plunder, on his arrival from Bi
more, where he had just been n
ried.
The Tribune states that targe ni
hers of the freedmen will, on clos
up their labors for this year, rem
with their families to tho nomest
lands provided for by the Gov?
ment in tho new bill.
Tbe XtfUt Koyal Wedding and fee m. A.
dal.
The London correspondent of the
Chicago Journal gives tho following
particulars of the recent marriage
and sacrifice of one of Victoria's
daughters:
All these matters, however, pale
beneath the great event of the week,
the marriage of Princess Helena, the
third daughter of Queen Victoria,
which took* place on Thursday last.
There is something really distressing
about the 'affair, as you will admit
when I narrate the facts. The match,
from first to last, has been distaste?
ful to the nation, and now that the
Queen has persisted in sacrificing
her child, if she could read the hearts
of her people she would find therein
recorded an universal sentence of
condemnation. It was supposed,
some little timo since, that the mar?
riage would not take place, but the
Queen was obstinate and persisted in
her determination.
The real truth is, that, aside from
other objections to tho bridegroom,
he actually has a wife and four chil?
dren living ia Germany. It is true
that the 'marriage was called a mor?
ganatic one, but it was solemnized,
nevertheless, under tho authority of
the church. Whether the Princess
Helena was aware of this fact or not
is doubtful, but the Queen was, and
recklessly trampled all considerations
of morality and justice, to " say no?
thing of religion, under foot. It ia
well known that she was remonstrated
with on thc subject, bnt to no effect.
She had set her mind upon the mar?
riage, and defended her future son
in-law with tho utmost spirit.
The cause of her infatuation hae
juat been revealed. When the statue
of tho late Prince Consort was inau?
gurated in Germany last year, the
Queen's attention wu* attracted by
one of the spectators who seemed to
be overwhelmed with emotion, and
throughout the ceremony his hand?
kerchief was constantly employed in
wiping from his face what were ap?
parently tears. (Some who were
present say, for tears read perspira?
tion.) This sort of conduct was just
the thing to touch the Queen's sensi?
bilities. She inquired nt once whe
the individual was, and learned that
it was Prince Christian, of Schleswig
Holstein. She sent for Him, took i
fancy to him, aud finally throw bei
daughter into his arms, since which
lier infatuation has been complete.
There is scarcely any onoa who doe?
not believe that this petty Germai
Prince, poor even to poverty, bb
real income being only about a thou
saud dollars a year, au adventurer, r
notorious gambler and sporting mau
a man with all tho low vices of th<
German character and none of it:
virtues, was simply playing a par
which ho liad thoroughly studied be
forehand. Conscious of the Queen'
weakness, he purposely placed him
self in her way, and by bis crocodil
tears, on the occasion mentioned, sc
cured an iuterost iu her which he ha
managed to increase and retain unti
lie has finally accomplished his pul
pose. I am sorry to say there is n
room to doubt the correctness c
these statements.
It was the place of the Prince u
Wales to give away his sister n{ tn
altar. He plumply refused to-do sc
although he was present at the cen
niony, to avoid future scanda
Failing him, that duty devolve
upon his young brother, the Duke c
Cambridge. He not only d?clin?e
but was not present at thc weddin
at all. The bridegroom's lathe
brother and sister, although espi
cially invited by the Queen, n
refused to come to Kn gland, and I
their presence sanction the outrai
then committed. Although it is
sad affair, and while much sympatl
is felt for thc young bride, tho aug
rios for her futuro are of the darke
character, and tho Queen and li
mother has sunk to a very low degr
in the estimation, of her subject
The newly wedded pair have gone
Osborne to pass the honey-moon.
It is estimated that the amount
money realized from the sale
goods seized on the Northern fro
tier by custom officials for violatio
of the revenue laws during the fisc
year, ending Juno 30, 18t*6, will t
eecd tho necessary expenses of mai
faining the system established in tl
Treasury Department by about S15I
OOO.
Two negroes-who said they wc
paid $800 for the com misson of t
crime by their victim's wife-attein]
ed to kill a barber named Hull,
Philadelphia, on Wednesday, nig]
He cried for help, which speed:
came to his aid, and he escaped wi
severo wounds.
A severe hail storm swept thron
several towns iu Connecticut 1?
week. Thc New Haven Journal si
it has been ascertained that tho <
mage done to the tobacco and cc
crop in Portland will amount at le
to ?100,000, while in Cromwell I
crop is almost a total loss.
Tho Kev. Georges 1). Cammi
D.D., has signified to thc Stanch
Committee his acceptance of i
high and responsible otb se of Ass
ant Bishop of the Diocese of K
tucky, to which he was elected
thc Episcopal Convention last Ma;
SANTA ANNA'S ESTATE CON FIST AT
The Imperial Government of Mex
has by decree ordained tho seen
tration of the domains of Don .
tonia Lopez (lo Santa Anna and
pointed u receiver.
300 exiles from tho Kio (ira
have arrived at Tampieo.
Tb?- True Origin Ot the Convention
- - Plot.
The Picayune says, editorially:
There is not an honest or intelli?
gent citizen, at all acquainted with
the characters and antecedents of the
main instigators of the revolutionary
and incendiary plot, which produced
the terrible scenes of yesterday, who
does not know that the rani and eon
trolling motives of those reckless and
unprincipled men was to regain offices
and patronage which they liad lost.
since the close of the war, and by
means ol which they had raised them?
selves from poverty'and obscurity to
comparative wealth and partisan no?
toriety. It should not be imagined
for a moment that? they were of the
class of hones* fanatics, sincere' be?
lievers in any of the doctrines or
ideas advocated, by t hem ; that they
had ever manifested any honest sym?
pathy or concern foT the freedmen.
The few, inour city, who have some
claims to consistency and sin< px.fcy in
such ideas and feelings, had uo part
in this scheme. The leading actors
were men who, before the war, wero
of utter insignificance, and would
never have emerged therefrom in any
peaceful, respectable community.
Many of them were renegades from
the Confederate cause.
During the excitement of the war,
they managed to get the most lucra?
tive offices of the State and city, and
the Convention of 1864 was a prolific
source of profit to them. The Sheriff
alty of "New Orleans, the State Audit?
or, the Clerk of the Second District
Court-one of the most lucrative of?
fices in the State-Public Printer,
Register of Votes, etc., had all been
appropriated by the parties who,
having l>een displaced from these
offices on the return of peace-dis?
placed by their own Union friends
immediately became very much dis?
satisfied with the progress of affairs,
and have ever since kept up an inces?
sant agitation about the violence of
the rebels and tho wrongs of the poor
negro. The violence and wrongs
which really troubled them were their
exclusion from office and their return
to tlieir normal state of merited ob- .
scurity.
This whole Convention revival
scheme was got up by these men. It
had not the support of 500 white men
in the city or State. Unfortunately, j
however, the giib and hypocritical
demagogues succeeded in making a
number of the poor, deluded, unso- j
pbistfeated freedmen believe that they
were their friends, and that it was in j
their behalf and defence that this
plot wus conceived and was to be car?
ried out. ?
And this is the true history of the j
origin and purpose of this whole ue- I
farious plot to overturn the Co vero,- ?
mont of the State, and which ha\ :
brought updb a . city which, at tho j
time of its origination, was perfectly
peaceful, quiet and law-abiding, the |
horrors of a bloody riot, and tho un
merited humiliation of martial law.
Toe Negroes in Washington. j
The negroes seem to be constitut?
ing themselves as great a public nui?
sance in Washington city as in Rich?
mond. The Constitutional Union, of
Monday, says: "The institution of
the Freedmen's Bureau was a great
thing for tho country, especially for
the nigger. We do not know ex?
actly where the headquarters of this
costly piece of furniture is located,
but judging from our senses o"f see?
ing, hearing and smelling, one of the
drawers thereof must have a local
habitation in the upper part of the
Sixth Ward, We happen to reside
in that ward at present, and speak
from ^infill experience. Night after j
night, when all decent and honest !
persons are endeavoring to court the
precarious (in thesehot nights) favors
of Morpheus, wo have been kept
awake, and praying for the disturb
ers of our rest, by th^ stentorian clo- 1
quenco of an ebony divine, who holds
forth to an interested and odoriferous i
audience in a negro church, about a
block from our residence. The yells
and shouts that issue from the eon- j
grcgation naturally suggest*! the idea
of a pandemonium of demons, rather
than a Christian Church. When the
services are concluded, a drove of the
'black bruddern and sisters' take pos?
session of the neighboring streets, and
their incessant gabble and idiotic !
laughter convey a very forcible idea
of tho noise of a vast drove of mon?
keys or ourang-outangs. Wo to tho
unfortunate wight (white) who hap?
pens to be belated and meets tho
gang. He is jostled out of the way, i
laughed and jeered at, und if ho es- j
cape wholo in body and purse, he
may be truly grateful. Saturday
night, a prayer-meeting-or we would
more truthfully describe it as a fetish
orgie-was held in a shanty in the
neighborhood alluded to, and the i
groans and cries of the sable fanatics |
broke the quiet of tho night until
long past the hour of midnight.
How long will public decency conti?
nue to be insulted, and the public
good set at naught, by the pets of
Thad. Stevens & Co'.? How long
will our people submit to their insuf?
ferable insolence? If the strong arm
of the law cannot deal efficiently with
this African plague, we care not how
soon a vigilance committee may take
the matter in hand, and with a stout
rope and convenient tree or lamp?
post, rid the community of some thou?
sands of these pests."
The Secretary of the Treasury has
authority by the recent law to sus?
pend the collection of direct tax im?
posed by the law of 1S61, in any of
the Southern States.
Tn? Feeling nt the Sont lt.
A traveling correspondent of the
Nerr York Herald, having tuade a tour
of the Southern States.' concludes his
letter as follows:.
T cannot conceal the fact thal there
is danger to the country in louget
withholding recognition of the South
ern States. Not danger of an open
outbreak, but danger of ffainething
else, which in the end may plow
even worse-danger of a resurrection
of sectional hatred. When the war
ended, all the barriersbuiltup between
the two sections, North and South,
by long years of opposing systems of
civilisation, were laid HS Hat aa the
walls of .Jericho. Every Unite?!
States officer I have met, who was i u
tho South at the time of Lee an<l
Johnston's, surrender, has testified t>>
me that the people threw open .theil
doors to the Union soldiers, ami wei
corned them almost as reconciled
friends from whom they had hem
long estranged. Gov. Wise stated in
my presence that, had the two armio.-,
been allowed to settle matters at Ap
Eomattox Court House, peace would
ave been established on a basis that
would have-<- curred as long as Ame
rica remained a nation." I believe ho
is right. The course was clear then
for conciliation and concession. Bm
as time went on, and as the purpose
of the radicals to retain power in
their hands by holding the Southern
States as conquered provinces became
fully apparent, some of the old haiti
feeling towards the North revived,
the people looking upon the radical
Congress as an embodiment of the
views of the entire North. Disloyal
articles appeared in the newspapers,
and the people, without fully endors
ing these productions, read them
with a grim kind of satisfaction. A
feeling, not of active hostility, but ol
sullen apathy toward the North,
sprung up iii the under strata of
Southern society. Every act of th?
radical Congress helped* to rebuild
the old walls of sectional antagonism
on a new foundation. This process
of rebuilding the old party wall ol
distinction is still slowly but surely
going on. You see indications of it
on every hand. It sticks out in the
spasmodic movements set on foot
withiu the last few .months for ren?
dering homage to the rebel dead. It
is plainly apparent iu the portraits ot
Lee and Stonewall Jackson which arc.
now conspicuously displayed in every
Southern hotel and almo+>t in every
house. The Southern States, denied
equality with the other States of the
Union, are retiring within themselves
and feeding on the unwholesome me
mories of their lost struggfe. Tho
approaching elections must decide
whether this kind of thing is to go
on, ?nd whether the re-united States
are again to be separated into two
sections, estranged in heart and sen?
timent. Restore the Southern States
to the privileges of citizenship, aud 1
am satisfied they will discharge tkeii
duties honestly and in good faith.
Deny them this right, and the risk
and the loss will be ours as well as
theirs. I went into the South, I cou
fess it, imbued with radical proclivi?
ties. I come back strongly convinced
that the policy inaugurated by Presi
dent Johnson can alone restore har?
mony and prosperity to the country
The. wife of the French Consul
was seriously wounded by a stray
shot during the New Orleans riot.
SHIP STEWS.
POUT OF CHARLESTON. AUGUST fi.
AHUtVKO TSSTJSBDAY.
Sehr. Cardinia and Cornelia, New York
AT Ql-AkANTlXK.
Steamship Saragossa, New York.
WEST TO BEA YESTEROAV.
Steamship Theodore D. Wagner, Boston
Steamship John Gibson, Baltimore.
Brig Jane Baker, Thomson, Philadelphia
Funeral Invitation.
The relatives, friends and acquaintances
of Mr. ami Hrs. Wm. Hussung, Slr. aud
Mrs. Jacob Hussung, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Hussung, Mr. and Mrs. A. Stork aud ..f
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Alwordon, are respect
fully invited to attend tho funeral m rvjees
of Mr. WM. HUSSUNG, at thc Lutheran
Church, THIS MORNING, at 0 o'clock.
Acacia Lodge No. 94, A. F. M.
JV THE members of this Lodge are
^^ttWroqucstcd to meet at the Hall nf
Palmetto Lodge No. 5,1. 0. 0. F.,
THIS MORNING, nt M.J o'clock, to pay the
last tribute ot respect to their deceased
brother, WM. HUSSUNG.
Sister Lodges are fraternally invited to
participai in the funeral ceremony.
Bv order of the W. M.
" Aug 0 JOHN L. BOATWRIGHT, Sec. f
Received by Express,
FRESH Lemon, Milk, Ginger Snaps and
Soda BISCUITS.
Aug !? J-. C. SEEOERS & CO.
F!"vir! Flour!'.
ONE THOUSAND LBS. NEW FLOU',
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ELECTION NOTICE.
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE,
COLI'UHIA, August 8, IStiC.
AN ELECTION for one ASSISTANT PO?
LICEMAN will he hold in the Council
Chamber, en TUESDAY EVENING, 21st
innt. Applicants for the position will tile
their applications, with the names of their
sureties, at thi.-> office, on or be fore the 20th
inst, liv orde r of the Citv Council.
AUK'/ J.s. McMAHON, City Clerk.
REMOVAL.
MEDICAL DISPENSARY.
fTHE subscriber has removed t
to Washington street. South i J Y
bille, nearb/ opposite the ruins^L?
of the oki jail, where, fi om a stock or
FRESH MEDICINES, be is prepared to
dispenso the Prescription of Physicians
and Families in the most reliable manner,
at all hourn. EDWARD SILL
Aug 9 3